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NGC 88
NGC
88
is a
barred spiral galaxy
exhibiting an
inner
ring structure
located about
160
million
light years
from
the Earth
in the
Phoenix constellation
. NGC 88 is
interacting
with the
galaxies
NGC 92
,
NGC 87
and
NGC 89
.
It is part of a
family
of galaxies called
Robert's Quartet
discovered
by
astronomer
John Herschel
in the 1830s.